The Southern Regional boys cross-country team has won the Shore Conference Class A South title each fall since 2010. And the Rams again seem to be in great shape to add another division crown this season.

“I’m a little nervous about the season, because it’s hard to stay at the top year after year,” said coach Scott Baker, whose squad returns 10 of its top 12 runners from a year ago. “We’re going to be good. There’s no question we’re going to be good. But the question is how good.”

How good relies not so much on the Rams’ top three runners – senior Ethan Yates and juniors Evan Adanatzian and Paul…